Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently travelled his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan. The Governor's $132.5 billion budget and reform plan builds on the spending reform initiatives adopted last year. The budget increases...
Project to improve electric service reliability for customers in Portions of Center City and University City PHILADELPHIA -- PECO has invested more than $60 million in the newly-constructed Peltz substation to improve electric...
HARTFORD, Conn. - The number of bridges maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation that are rated in poor condition has grown over the past decade as they age. Records reviewed Toy The...
HEADNOTE BRIEFS ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation has approved $35 million in statewide road and bridge improvement contracts. The 13 awards approved last month bring Georgia DOT totals for 2011 to...
The nation's roads and bridges are still ailing, as Congress and the White House continue to fiddle while we await some concrete action on infrastructure funding. Unfortunately, some states are turning to draconian...
WASHINGTON - U.S. interstate highways are in need of rebuilding and repair, but the use of tolls as a funding source is less efficient than raising the federal fuel tax, said BiB. Graves,...
CHATTANOOGA - The Tennessee Department of Transportation must close the U.S. 41 bridge over the Tennessee River while a new bridge is built. TDOT initially planned to keep the Marion Memorial Bridge open...
HOUSTON -- Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL), ("Sterling" or the "Company") today announced that Ralph L. Wadsworth ("RLW") in conjunction with J. Banicki Construction, Inc. ("Banicki"), its recently acquired Arizona-based subsidiary, was...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' underlying rating to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's (the authority) $400 million consolidated bonds series 171. The bonds are expected...
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings affirms the following outstanding South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA, or the authority) transportation system revenue bonds: --$280.6 million series 2009A at 'BBB+'; --$50.4 million series 2006A at 'BBB+'; --$18.9...
Submitting firm: Parsons Brinckerhoff Client/owner: City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services Other consultants: Alcantar & Associates, CH2M Hill Inc., Charles Song, Curtis and Jeidy, Design Data Concepts Inc., DHI Inc., Foundation Engineering...
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings affirms the 'BBB+' rating to the following outstanding Central Texas Turnpike System (CTTS) bonds: --$149 million first tier revenue refunding put bonds, series 2009; --$1.1 billion first tier revenue...
Many truckers started the new year digging deeper into pockets as 10 states imposed higher tolls. Carriers traveling the New Jersey Turnpike are racing some of die biggest increases, as drivers of five-axle...
CSX Corp.'s rail unit on Jan. 3 began offering on-dock rail intermodal service at Portsmoufh, Va., marking die latest step in its niultistate National Gateway project to expand double-stack service in the eastern...
A Tempe, AZ Student Housing Community BOSTON -- UC Funding recently closed an $11.3 million bridge loan on the Tempe, AZ student housing community known as College Town II: Lemon Street. The transaction...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9e14ae/company_scan_pate) has announced the addition of the "Company Scan: Patel Engineering Ltd" company profile to their offering. Company business description, financial statements, recent news, biopharmaceutical industry overview, future outlook...
The recent announcement that the Obama administration will fast-track funding of the Tappan Zee Bridge's replacement structure is encouraging, according to author and construction attorney Barry LePatner. But he argues that officials are...
Heritage Global Partners to conduct Online Enterprise Bulk Sale Auction of Wind Tunnel System used for aerodynamics testing of motorsport and aerospace vehicles SAN DIEGO -- Heritage Global Partners will conduct an online...
The first nine months of 2011 have seen a 6.1 percent increase in cargo coming into the Port of New York and New Jersey; raising the Bayonne Bridge and replacing the Goethals Bridge...